Oman pushes its business travel credentials
Ahead of the March 2013 Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition, organiser Reed Travel Exhibitions has taken to the road for a series of new GCC and Levant-focused education and networking forums for meetings, business travel and incentive based companies.
Entitled ‘GIBTM Talks: Maximising your ROI’, the road show launched in Muscat and runs through until October 19, visiting Doha, Manama, Amman and Beirut.
Oman’s tourism leaders are focusing continued attention on growing the meetings sector as the Ministry of Tourism continues with its 2012 strategic plan to place the sultanate’s portfolio of conference and exhibition facilities, incentive options, hotels and tourism attractions in the global spotlight
The sultanate welcomed 1.6 million tourists in 2011, with 2012 figures forecast to reach two million by year-end, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
"The 2010 opening of the Royal Opera House Muscat really helped put the capital, and the country, on the global map, and a commitment to eco tourism and development of exciting adventure-based activities are giving meetings and events bookers a 360-degree offering," said Lois Hall, exhibition manager for GIBTM, which takes place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on March 25-27, 2013.
Muscat’s USD1.8 billion Oman Conference and Exhibition Centre will debut in 2015.
Upon completion, the mixed-use facility will include a 3,200-seat auditorium, 25,000 square metres of exhibition space and four hotels with a total of 1,000 rooms.
by Ian Jarrett
Ian Jarrett
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